evaluation 4

'How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?'

To create my promotional material for my film i used a range of different media to achieve this. Some of the technology i was familular with but with otheres i have to learn completely from scratch.

Photoshop- I have used photoshop a lot as i do graphic design so i am very familiar with it. I had difficultys it actually making a zombie face. So i found an image of some skin that looked horrible then used a technique called a layer mask, with the layer mask it shows through selected areas of the layer underneath to create what we see as the zombies face. As for my magazine i used the same technique for the splattered font and the text behind it. I also downloaded several brushes which gave the effect of splattered blood on the zombies face and on the tombstone. I also used photoshop in my trailer for my titles in my film, i did this by having a black background and using font that was relivant over the top.

Premier- I had used adobe premier to edit my trailer, i didnt know how to use the software but by experimenting with this i soon realised how to use it. I had some difficultys with premier regarding footage that wouldnt upload as it didnt recognise the footage of the camera but i managed to come over this.

Music- For my music my dad's friend who is film maker had made me a cd with lots of sound effects that he had made. He had made these in a studio by using lots of different effects and making sounds to be used in a horror film. I had to literally tell him what i wanted and he made them for me to use.

Format factory - With the problems that i had encountered with the footage uploading i was advised to use format factory. This was a new thing that i had learnt to use, you put in the file that you want to covert and you can change it to whatever file suits your need. This helped me solve my footage problem.

Youtube - I had used Youtube to search for different trailers that i wanted to put on my blog then used a code that you pasted onto blogger to put it onto my blogger account. This way was a quick and easy way to share the trailers that i wanted to compare my trailer to. Also I had never had a Youtube account before so i had made one so i could upload my trailer quickly and efficiantly.

Search engine- The search engine that i used mostly was google. I used it to search films that were similar to my film , images, and film posters. I think that google helped me a lot to find exactly what i wanted to use.

Blogger- I had used blogger previously in my As coursework and i found putting my coursework on a blog very useful. I found that it was very easy to use and upload things onto also i liked that we used this so we didnt lose any of our course work and had it there to fall back on.